Austin Butler is officially set to play Patrick Bateman in the anticipated 2000s remake American Psycho. While the original film’s 1980s setting saw Christian Bale rocking a replica Rolex Datejust –It was actually a Seiko 5since Rolex, understandably, wasn’t interested in being associated with a homicidal psychopath – we’re yet to see what kind of watch goods the prop master will strap to Butler’s wrist in Luca Guadagnino’s upcoming release. Regardless, shortly after the announcement, Butler wore a statement travel watch, the Breitling Chronomat GMT 40.
The Chronomat GMT 40, spotted on his wrist at the SF Film Awards, is probably not the first watch that comes to mind when one conjures up images of American Psychos or The brand based in Saint-Imier. Breitling is best known for its Navitimer pilot watch and emergency kit watch — which comes with a beacon to alert search and rescue teams to your location — and the company has long produced watches for aviation workers. But the Chronomat GMT 40, with its tubular bracelet, racer tab bezel, heavy onion crown, and stark black dial with… GMT The indicator is accurately The kind of hard-wearing, good-looking watch that a pilot or explorer might wear, albeit in a slightly more luxurious form.
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Breitling Automatic Chronomat GMT 40 with Black Dial_Ref. A32398101B1A1_RGBCourtesy of Breitling
The Chronomat line has been around for a long time. The product family, which was launched during World War II, included all manner of exquisite chronographs, some of which were gold-cased. Later, in the late 1960s, the collection expanded to include references such as the 1808, a large double-register automatic chrono with a multi-scale dial, date window and crown on the left side. The contemporary versions, which resemble Gerald Genta’s most famous designs, are just the latest in a long line of wonderful experimental tool watches that each borrow a little from the design language of the era in which they debuted. If you’re a globe-trotting movie star who needs to walk the red carpet on Monday and be on set on Tuesday morning, you might actually opt for something like the Chronomat GMT 40, which includes a GMT movement as well as a diving bezel for timing discrete events.
Of course, this is far from Butler’s first rodeo: In August, he wore a Chronomat watch with a cool “panda” dial while passing through JFK Airport; Before that, he was spotted carrying beautiful Cartier tanks, and even a two-tone Rolex Datejust. And while the utilitarian Chronomat GMT 40 is a far cry from Louis Cartier’s solid gold tank, one could never fight Atreides well – as his character valiantly did in Sand Dunes: Part Two-In an elegant hand-wound dress watch, right? Butler, for his part, wears both types of watches well.
